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Does anybody know or have an on line reference as to what the visual magnitudes are of the five group members. I've seen a report that the E member although listed as 20th mag in the blue, plus or...

Jimi,
Thanks for responding. I agree, the image you supplied is no double core. Poorer, soft images like the one here was what my visual impression looked like:4786

Most likely just a brighter...

Hi All,
I was out last night going through some Herschel's in Ursa Minor and came across NGC 5547 which at 337x looked like it had an extended core or a double core. I went looking online and in...

Howard, I just observed this here in the eastern panhandle of WV just over a week ago on 6-18-22. Exceptional transparency that night for this area this time of year. I saw 5 other Abell's including...

Congrats Howard! The next few years offer us the best looks with separation. I too had success in 2021 at 40 degrees N during a steady night. I used my 22" scope at 337x and 450x to tease out the...

These are super descriptions and write ups!! I'm glad you've had the chance to get out and experience "old friends" and new ones.

All,
I was going through the 300+ PGC galaxy designations I had in my DB assigning them to older catalogs if there was a reference. NGC followed by IC followed by... I came across my entries for...

I need to revisit this again from a dark sky location. I recorded both of these back on 7-28-1998 under 6+ NLEM skies at 450x in West Virginia. I used the PGC designations.

UGC 9618A
Very small...

Last week was the first time I saw this Planetary Nebula. It's the second closest to us and is huge at a 1.6 degree diameter. I first tried with an 80mm finder with a UHC filter but no dice. My skies...

I finally saw the Necklace from home in eastern West Virginia in SQM 20.8 skies a couple of weeks ago. Very small oval and mottled at 450x. I did see a few of the gas knots. This was with a 22"...

Ivan,
A great accomplishment! The only focused ARP exercise I've done is related to the AL's program. I've logged 182. You may inspire me to pick up on this again.

Jimi,
Very belated post here but I love the perspective the clouds give it! I was in the mountains of West Virginia on 7-18 at 4,000ft. Took this image comprised of seven 6 second exposures...

Great sketch Uwe! Do you print the star field and then sketch the object? Or, do you sketch everything? Ether way, the end result is top notch.

Steve,
What is the apparent mag then? Is that published somewhere? Thanks in advance. I may not be able to see it with a 22" in eastern seaboard skies but I'm going to try.

I've put this on my "to do" list. Not discovered until 2005 the Necklace Planetary Nebula in Sagitta is a relatively bright (10.6) apparent magnitude. Its size is approx 13". I'm amazed that this...

I observed this from the winter Star Party on 2-23-2001. Used a 24" f/4.5 at 197x:

Huge slash with an even surface brightness. Fairly bright and elongated 8 to 1 with an ever so slightly brighter...

Hi Mark,
I observed this trio in relatively dark skies in West Virginia back on 7-24-1998 with a 24" f/4.5 at 350x as part of the AL ARP observing program. Elevation was 2,600ft. I noted the NELM...

For me it was seeing Omega Centauri NGC 5139 from West Virginia at latitude 39 degrees north. It was 3 1/2 degrees above the horizon.

Thanks Jimi.... If you get there before I do I'd like to know any success and if it responded well to any filters. Looks like the brighter "knots" may respond to an O III if I'm reading the PK...

Hello All,

Has anyone tried to observe the SN remnant (Keplers from 1604) in Ophiuchus? I've put that on my summer "to do" list but would love to hear about your experiences.

I second Paul's comment!! Love the break down of objects to different sized scopes, etc.

My Notes from when I owned a 24" f.4.5. I now have an Obsession 22" UC and will revisit.

Nice medium size and bright oval elongated 1 1/2 to 1 with a brighter extended bulging core. The core is...